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A6123 crash in Rotherham on 19 October 1997 at 21:15 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A6123 in Rotherham at 21:15 on Sunday 19 October 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 1997
Sunday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Ford Sierra
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.44031, longitude -1.32193, in the S65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rotherham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199714FF00867
Council area
Rotherham
Police force
South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6123
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199714FF00867 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rotherham road accident statistics for 1997.